The youngest generations may feel that they have the smallest ability to impact the devastating effects of climate change at the moment but also shoulder the burden of its future effects.
Activists share how they fight climate change ahead of COP26, the 2021 U.N. Climate Change Conference.
Older generations have a responsibility to foster and encourage young people's goals to conserve the planet as well, Lise Van Susteren, a general and forensic psychiatrist who has researched how climate change has affected the psychological health of young people, told ABC News. Young people, especially teens, are experts at arguing with their parents, Van Susteren said, adding that, when it comes to the climate crisis, that catharsis is"absolutely critical."
But beware of the"false dichotomy" between collective action and individual action, Morgan Edwards, an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a leader of the university's Climate Action Lab told ABC News, adding that reducing personal emissions or shaming others' lifestyles is not fulfilling or effective.
"Election after election after election, we're still seeing the fact that the climate emergency isn't really being addressed," she said."Running for like a city council position is a great place where they can like input those policies." "The best way to take climate action is to think about the thing that you already love to do," Edwards said."So if you're, if you're an artist, you can make art about the climate crisis. If you're a writer, you can tell stories."
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